Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
THICH NHAT HANHOnly the present moment contains life.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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The three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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